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559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât,—mè, mêt ;-pine ;-pin,

Frugally, sparingly.

PARSIMONIOUSNESS, pår-sè-mo'nè-us-nēs. s
A disposition to spare and save.
PARSIMONY, pår'sè-mân-e. s. 503, 557. Frue
gality, covetousness, niggardliness.
For the o, see DOMESTICK,
PARSLEY, pårs'le. s. A plant.
PARSNIP, pars'nip. s. 99. A plant.
PARSON, pår's'n. s. 170. The priest of a parish,
one that has a parochial charge or cure of
souls; a clergyman: it is applied to the teach-
ers of the Presbyterians.

PARISHIONER, pâ-rish'ân-år. s. One that be-PARSIMONIOUSLY, par-sè-mo'nè-as-té. ad, longs to the parish. PARITOR, pârʼrè-tůr. s. 166. A beadle, a summoner of the courts of civil law. PARITY, pâr'rè-tè. s. Equality, resemblance. PARK, park. s. 81. A piece of ground enclosed and stored with deer and other beasts of chase. PARKER, pårk'år. s. 98. A park-keeper. PARKLEAVES, pårk'lèvz. s. An herb. PARLE, pårl. s. Conversation, talk, oral treaty. To PARLEY, pår'lè. v. n. To treat by word of mouth, to talk, to discuss any thing orally. PARLEY, pår'lè. s. Oral treaty, talk, conference, discussion by word of mouth. PARLIAMENT, pårle-mênt. s. 274. The assembly of the king, lords, and commons; which assembly is of all others the highest, and of greatest authority. PARLIAMENTARY, pår-lè-mên'tâ-rè. a. Enacted by parliament, suiting the parliament, pertaining to parliament.

PARLOUR, pår lår. s. 314. A room in monas-
teries, where the religious meet and converse;
a room in houses on the first floor, elegantly
furnished for reception or entertainment.
PARLOUS, pår lås. a. 3'4. Keen, sprightly,
waggish. Not in use.
PAROCHIAL, pâ-rò’kè-âl. a Belonging to a
parish.
PÁRODY, pâr'rò-dè. s. A kind of writing in
which the words of an author or his thoughts
are taken, and by a slight change, adapted to
some new purpose.

To PARODY, par'rò-dè. v. a. To copy by way
of parody.

PARONYMOUS, pâr-ôn'nè-mås. a. Resembling another word.

PAROLE, pâ-role. s. Word given as an assur

ance.

PARONOMASIA, pår-d-no-må'zhè-â. S. 453.
A rhetorical figure, in which, by the change of
a letter or syllable, several things are alluded
to, as, "They are fiends, not friends."
PAROQUET, pâr'ò-kwêt. s. A small species of
parrot.
PAROTID, pâ-rôt'tid. a. 503. Belonging to the
glands under and behind the ear.

In this, and the following word, Dr. Johnson
places the accent on the antepenultimate syl-
fable, but Mr. Sheridan and Dr. Ash much
more properly on the penultimate, as here.
marked. It may, however, be observed, that
Dr. Johnson's accentuation of this word is the
most agreeable to analogy, as it comes from
the Latin Parotides, which, according to the
general rule, by losing a syllable, has its accent
removed a syllable higher (see ACADEMY ;) but
the succeeding word, Parotis, is a perfect Latin
word, an therefore preserves its Latin accent
on the penultimate.-See Principles, No. 503,
b, and the word IRREPARABLE.
PAROTIS, på-rò'tis, s. 503. A tumour in the
glandules behind and about the ears.
PAROXYSM, pår'rok-sizm. s. 503. A fit, peri-

odical exacerbation of a disease.

PARRICIDE, pâr re-side. s. 143. One who de-
stroys his father; one who destroys or invades
any to whom he owes particular reverence;
the murder of a father, murder of one to whom
reverence is due.

PARRICIDAL, pâr-rè-si'dâl.
PARRICIDIOUS, pâr-rè-sid'yas.

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a. Relating

to parricide, committing parricide. PARROT, pår råt. s. 166. A particoloured bird of the species of the hooked bill, remarkable for its exact imitation of the human voice. To PARRY, pâr'rè. v. n. To put by thrusts, to fence.

The o before n, preceded by k, p, s, ort, is under the same predicament as e; that is, when the accent is not on it, the two consonants unite, and the vowel is suppressed; as, beckon, capon, season, mutton, &c. pronounced beck'n, cup'n, seas'n, mutt'n, &c. Parson, therefore, ought to be pronounced with the o suppressed, and not as Mr. Sheridan has marked it.-See Principles, No. 103, 170.

PARSONAGE, pår's'n-ådje. s. 90. The benefice of a parish.

PART, pårt. 31. Something less than the whole, a portion, a quantity taken from a larger quantity; that which in division falls to each; share; side, party; particular office or character; character appropriated in a play; business, duty; relation reciprocal. In good part, in ill part; as well done, as ill done in the plural, qualities, powers, faculties; quarters, regions, districts.

PART, part. ad. Partly, in some measure. Not

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To PART, pårt. v. a. To divide, to share, to distribute; to separate, to disunite; to break into pieces; to keep asunder; to separate combatants; to secern.

To PART, pårt. v. n. To be separated; to take farewell; to have share; to go away, to set out. To part with; to quit, to resign, to lose. PARTABLE, pårt'â-bl. a. 405. Divisible, such as may be parted.

PARTAGE, part'tadje. s. 90. Division, act of
sharing or parting.

To PARTAKE, par-take'. v. n. Preterit, I Par-
took; Participle passive, Partaken. To have
share of any thing; to participate, to have
something of the property, nature, or right; to
be admitted to, not to be excluded.
To PARTAKE, pâr-take'. v. a. To share, to
have part in.

PARTAKER, pår-tà'kår. s. A partner in posses-
sions, a sharer in any thing, an associate with;
accomplice, associate.
PARTER, pårt år. s. 98. One that parts or
separates.
PARTERRE, pår-tåre'. s.
vision of ground.

French. A level di

PARTIAL, par'shål. a. 81. Inclined antecedently to favour one party in a cause, or on one side of the question more than the other; inclined to favour without reason; affecting only one part, subsisting only in a part, not universal PARTIALITY, pår-shè-ál'lè-te. s. 542. Unequal state of the judgment and favour of one above

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To PARSE, pårse. v. a. 81. To resolve a sentence into the elements or parts of speech. PARSIMONIOUS, par-se-mo'ne-as a. Covetous,To frugal, sparing

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PARTICIPATE, pår-tis'sè-påte. v. n. To partake, to have share; to have part of more

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things than one; to have part of something| common with another.

To PARTICIPATE, pår-tis'sè-påte. v. a. To partake, to receive part of, to share. PARTICIPATION, pår-tis-se-på'shan. s. The state of sharing something in common; the act or state of partaking or having part of something; distribution, division into shares. PARTICIPIAL, pår-tè-sip pè-ál. a. Having the nature of a participle.

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PARTICIPIALLY, par-tè-sip'pè-âl-è. ad. In the sense or manner of a participle. PARTICIPLE, pår ́tè-sip-pl. s. A word partaking at once the qualities of a noun and verb. PARTICLE, par'tè-kl. s. 405. Any small portion of a greater substance; a word unvaried by inflexion.

PARTICULAR, pår-tik'ů-lår. a. 179. Relatiag to single persons, not general; individual, one distinct from others; noting properties or things peculiar; attentive to things single and distinct; single, not general; odd, having something that eminently distinguishes him from others.

PARTICULAR, pår-tik'd-lår. s. 88. A single instance, a single point; individual, private person; private interest; private character, single self, state of an individual; a minute detail of things singly enumerated; distinct, not general recital.

PARTICULARITY, pår-tik-ku-lâr'è-tè. s. Distinct notice or enumeration, not general assertion; singleness, individuality; petty account, private incident; something peculiar. To PARTICULARIZE, par-tik ku-lâ-rize. v. a. To|| mention distinctly, to detail, to show minutely. PARTICULARLY, pår-tik'kå-lår-lè. ad. Dis-|| tinctly, singly, not universally; in an extraordinary degree.

PARTISAN, par'tè-zân. s. 524. A kind of pike or halberd; an adherent to a faction; the commander of a party.

All our orthoepists agree in accenting this word on the first syllable. Mr. Nares says, Dr. Johnson has improperly accented this word on the last; but, both in the folio edition of his Dictionary, and the quarto, printed since his death, the accent is on the first. There is not the same uniformity in the accentuation of the companion to this word artisan; for though Mr. Nares, Mr. Perry, Dr. Ash, W. Johnston, Buchanan, Bailey, Fenning, and Entick, accent the first syllable, Dr. Johnson, in both editions of his Dictionary, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Barclay, accent the last and Dr. Kenrick places an accent on both first and last. The same diversity appears in the accentuation of courtesan, a word of exactly the same form; which is accented by Mr. Sheridan, Mr. ⚫ Scott, W. Johnston, Mr. Nares, Fenning, and Entick, on the last syllable; and by Dr. Ash, Dr. Kenrick, Buchanan, Barclay, Bailey, and Penning, on the first; and by Mr. Perry both on the first and last. The truth is, these three words are among those which admit of the accent either on the first or last syllable, and this has produced the diversity we find in our Dictionaries. 524. The accent on the first syllable seems the most agreeable to our own analogy, and ought to be preferred. 503.

PARTITION, par-tish'un. s. The act of dividing, a state of being divided; division, separation, distinction; part divided from the rest, separate part; that by which different parts are separated; part where separation is made. To PARTITION, pir-tish'an. v. a. To divide into distinct parts. Little used.

PARTLET, párt'lēt. s. A name given to a hen, the original signification being a ruff or band. PARTLY, pårt lè. ad. In some measure, in some degree.

PARTNPÅ, pårt'nåt. s. 98. Partaker, sharer,

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one who has part in any thing; one who dance's with another.

To PARTNER, pårt'når. v.a. To join, to associate with a partner. Little used. PARTNERSHIP, part'når-ship. s. Joint interest or property; the union of two or more in the same trade.

PARTOOK, par-töök. Prot. of Partake. PARTRIDGE, pår'tridje. s. A bird of game. PARTURIENT, pår-tu're-ent. a. About to bring forth.

PARTURITION, pår-tshů-rish'un. s. The state of being about to bring forth. PARTY, pår'tè. s. A number of persons confe. derated by similarity of designs or opinions in opposition to others; one of two litigants; one concerned any affair; side, persons engaged against each other; cause, side; a select assembly; particular person, a person distinct from, or opposed to another; a detachment of soldiers.

PARTY-COLOURED, pår'tè-kål-lår’d. z. Zaving diversity of colours. PARTY-MAN, pår'tè-mân. s. A factious per son; an abetter of a party. PARTY-WALL, par te-wall. s. Wall that se parates one house from the next. PÁRVITUDE, pár'vè-tåde. s. Littleness, mi

nateness.

PARVITY, par'vè-tè. s. Littleness. PASCHAL, pås'kål. a. 88. Relating to the pass over; relating to Easter.

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To PASH, pash.* v. a. To strike, to crush. PASQUE-FLOWER, påskföû-úr. s. A plant. PASQUIN, pås'kwin. 414. PASQUINADE, pås-kwin-dde'. s. A lampoon. To PASS, pås. v. n. To go, to move from one place to another, to be progressive; to go, to make way; to make transition from one thing to another; to vanish, to be lost; to be spent, to go away; to be at an end, to be over; to be changed by regular gradation; to be enacted; to gain reception, to become current; to occur, to be transacted; to determine finally, to judge capitally; to exceed; to thrust, to make a push in fencing; to omit; to go through the aliinentary duct; to be in a tolerable state. To pass away; to be lost, to glide off, to vanish. To PASS, pås. v. a. To go beyond; to go through, as, The horse passed the liver; to spend time; to move hastily over; to transfer to another proprietor; to strain, to percolate; to vent, to let out; to utter ceremoniously; to utter solemnly; to transmit; to put an end to; to surpass, to excel; to omit, to neglect; to transcend, to transgress; to admit, to allow; to enact a law; to impose fraudulently; to practise artfully, to make succeed; to send from one place to another. To pass away to spend, to waste. To pass by; to excuse, te forgive; to neglect, to disregard. To pass over; to omit, to let go unregarded. To come to pass; to be effected.

PASS, pås. s. A narrow entrance, an avente passage, road; a permission to go or come any where; an order by which vagrants or impotent persons are sent to their place of abode; push, thrust in fencing; state, condition. PASSABLE, pås så-bl. a. 405. Possible to be passed or travelled through or over; supportable, tolerable, allowable; capable of admission or reception.

PASSADO, pas-så'dò. s. A push, a thrust-See LUMBAGO.

PASSAGE, pas'sluje. s. 90. Act of passing, travel, course, journey; road; way; entrance or exit; fiberty to pass; intellectual admittance, mental acceptance; unsettled state; incident, transaction; part of a book, a single place in a writing.

PASSED, påst. Pret, and part. of Pass. S Principles, No. 307.

559.-Fate, far, fåll, fåt ;—mẻ, met;—plne, pin ;—

PASSENGER, pås ́sîn-jår. s. 99. A traveller, ||
one who is upon the road, a wayfarer; one who
hires in any vehicle the liberty of travelling.
PASSER, pas'sår. s. 93. One who passes, one
that is upon the road.
PASSIBILITY, pås-sè-bîl'lè-tè. s. Quality of re-
ceiving impressions from external agents.
PASSIBLE, pas'sè-bl. a. 405. Susceptive of im-
pressions from external agents.
PASSIBLENESS, pas'sè-bl-nès. a.

Quality of receiving impressions from external agents. PASSING, pås'sing. part. a. 410. Supreme, surpassing others, eminent: it is used adverbially to enforce the meaning of another word; exceeding.

PASSINGBELL, pâsʼsing-bẻl. 9. The bell which rings at the hour of departure, to obtain prayers for the passing soul: it is often used for the bell which rings immediately after death. PASSION, påsh'an. a. Any effect caused by external agency; violent commotion of the mind;|| anger; zeal, ardour; love; eagerness; emphatically, the last suffering of the Redeemer of the world.

PASSION-FLOWER, pash'an-flöå-år. s. A plant. PASSION-WEEK, pash'an-week. s. The week immediately preceding Easter, named in commemoration of our Saviour's crucifixion. PASSIONATE, påsh'an-nit. a. 91. Moved by passion, causing or expressing great commotion of mind; easily moved to anger. PASSIONATELY, pash'an-nát-lè. ad. With passion; with desire, love or hatred; with great commotion of mind; angrily. PASSIONATENESS, pash'an-nât-nes. s. State of being subject to passion; vehemence of mind.

PASSIVE, pas'siv. a. 158. Receiving impression from some external agent; unresisting, not opposing; suffering, not acting: in Grammar, a verb passive is that which signifies passion. PASSIVELY, pås'siv-lè. ad. With a passive

nature.

PASSIVENESS, pås'siv-nès. a. Quality of re-
ceiving impression from external agents; pas-
sibility, power of suffering.
PASSIVITY, pas-siv've-te. s. Passiveness.
PASSOVER, pås'ò-vår. s. A feast instituted
among the Jews, in memory of the time when
God, smiting the first-born of the Egyptians,
passed over the habitations of the Hebrews;
the sacrifice killed.

PASSPORT, pås'port. s. Permission of egress.
PAST, påst. part. a.; properly passed. See Prin-
ciples, No. 367. Not present, not to come;
spent, gone through, undergone.

This contraction, in every word but the preposition, is a disgrace to our orthography. It

tween the joint next the foot and the coronet of a horse; the legs of any animal in drollery. PASTIL, pås til. s. A roll of paste; a kind of pencil.

PASTIME, pås'time. s. Sport, amusement, di.

version.

PASTOR, påstår. s. 166. A shepherd; a clergy-
man who has the care of a flock.
PASTORAL, pås'tőr-âl. a. 88. Rural, rustick,
beseeming shepherds, imitating shepherds; re-
lating to the care of souls.

For the o, see DOMESTICE.
PASTORAL, påstår-âl. s. A poem relative to
the incidents in a country life, an idyl, a buco-
lick.

PASTRY, pås'trẻ. s. The act of making pies;
pies or baked paste, the place where pastry is
made.

PASTRY-COOK, på ́stré-köök. s. One whose
trade is to make and sell things baked in paste.
PASTURABLE, pås ́tshủ-rå-bl. a.
Fit for pas-

ture.

PASTURAGE, pås'tshi-rådje. s. 90. The business of feeding cattle; lands grazed by cattle; the use of pasture.

PASTURE, pås'tshire. s. 461. Food, the act of
feeding; ground on which cattle feed ; human
culture, education.

To PASTURE, pås'tshåre. v. a.
pasture.

To PASTURE, pâs'tshùre. v. n.
the ground.

To place in a

To graze on

PASTY, pås'tè. s. 515. A pie of crust raised without a dish; a pic.

PAT, pát. a. Fit, couvenient, exactly suitable. PAT, påt. s. A light quick blows a tap; a smail lump of matter beat into shape with the hand. To PAT, påt. v. a. To strike lightly, to tap. PATACOON, pât-tâ-köön'. s. A Spanish coin worth four shillings and eight pence English. To PATCH, patsh. v. a. To cover with a piece sewed on; to decorate the face with small spots of black silk; to mend clumsily, to mend so as that the original strength or beauty is lost; to make up of shreds or different pieces. PATCH, pâtsh. s. 352. A piece sewed on to co ver a hole; a piece inserted in mosaick or variegated work; a small spot of black silk put on the face; a small particle, a parcel of land. PATCHER, pâtsh ́ðr. s. 98. One that patches, a

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PATCHWORK, pâtsh'work. s. Work made by
sewing small pieces of different colours inter-
changeably together.

PATE, påte. s. The head.
PATED, pa'ted. a. Having a pate.

took its rise, in all probability, from words end-PATEFACTION, pât-tè-fak'shân. s. Act or state
ing in st, with which it was rhymed, as that
of Pope:

"Which not alone has shone on ages past,
"But lights the present, and shall warm the last."
But as we see that possest, drest, and many oth-
ers, spelled in this manner to accommodate
rhymes to the eye merely, have recovered their
true form; there is no reason why this word
should not do the same.

PAST, påst. s. Elliptically used for passed time.
PAST, påst. prep. 367. Beyond in time; no
longer capable of; beyond, out of reach of; be-
yond, farther than; above, more than.
PASTE, påste. 8. 74. Any thing mixed up so as
to be viscous and tenacious; four and water
boiled together so as to make a cement; artifi-
cial mixture, in imitation of precious stones.
To PASTE, paste. v. a. To fasten with paste.
PASTEBOARD påste bord. s. A kind of coarse,
thick. stiff paper.

PASTEBOARD, påste bord. ä. Made of paste-
board.
PASTERN, pâs'tůra. s. 98.

The distance be

of opening.

PATEN, paten. s. 103. A plate. Obsolete. PATENT, påt'tent, or pu'tênt. a. Open to the perusal of all, as, letters patent; something appropriated by letters patent.

This word, when an adjective, is, by Dr. Kenrick, W. Johnston, and Buchanan, pronounced with the a long as in paper; but by Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Dr. Ash, Mr. Perry, and Entick, short, as in pat. But when the word is a substantive, it is pronounced with the a short by Mr. Nares and all those orthõepists, except Buchanan. That the adjective should by some be pronounced with the a long, is a remnant of that analogy which ought to prevail in all words of this kind, 544; but the uniformity with which the substantive is pronounced, with the a short, precludes all hope of alteration.

PATENT, pât'tent. s. A writ conferring some exclusive right or privilege.-See the adjec tive PATENT.

PATENTEE, pat-tên-tèè'. s. One who has a pa

tent.

PAT

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The act of going the rounds of a garrison to observe that orders are kept; those that go the rounds.

◆nd, môve, nôr, nôt ;--tùbe, tåb, bâst ;—ôî ;-pôûnd ;-thin, THIS PATERNAL, pâ-têr ́nål. a. 88. Fatherly, having|| PATROL, på-tròle'. s. the relation of a father; hereditary, received in succession from one's father. PATERNITY, på-têr'nè-tè. s. Fathership, the relation of a father.

PATH, path. s. 78, 467. Way, road, track.

PATHETICAL, på-thet'te-kal.

PATHETICK, pa-thệt tik. 509.

the passions, passionate, moving. PATHETICALLY, på-thét té-kal-e.

a. Affecting

In such

a manner as may strike the passions. PATHETICALNESS, på-thet'te-kal-nês. s. Quality of being pathetick, quality of moving the passions. PATHLESS, path'lès. a. Untrodden, not marked with paths.

a.

PATHOGNOMONICK, på-thog'no-môn'ik.
509. Such signs of a disease as are insepara-
ble, designing the essence or real nature of the
disease; not symptomatick.

Mr. Sheridan has suppressed the g in this word as in gnomon, without considering, that when a syllable precedes, the g unites with it, and is to be pronounced. Thus this letter is mute in sign, but pronounced in signify. The same may be observed of resign and resignation; indign and indignity, &c.

PATHOLOGICAL, pâth-d-lôd'jé-kâl. a. Relating to the tokens or discoverable effects of a distemper.

One who

PATHOLOGIST, phần thôi bb-j1st. s
treats of pathology.
PATHOLOGY, på-thôl'lò-jè. s. 518. That part
of medicine which relates to the distempers,
with their differences, causes and effects inci-
dent to the human body.

PATHWAY, påth'wà. s. A road, strictly a nar-
row way to be passed on foot.
PATIBULARY, pâ-tîb'bà-lå-rè. a. Belonging to
the gallows.

PATIENCE, pa'shense. s. The power of suffer-
ing, endurance, the power of expecting long
without rage or discontent; the power of sup-
porting injuries without revenge; sufferance,
permission; an herb.

PATIENT, pa'shent. a. 463. Having the quality of enduring; calm under pain or affliction; not revengeful against injuries, not easily provoked; not hasty, not viciously eager or impetuous. PATIENT, på'shent. s. That which receives impressions from external agents; a person diseased.

PATIENTLY, på'shent-lè. ad. Without rage under pain or affliction; without vicious impetuosity.

PATINE, pât'tin. s. 140. The cover of a chalice. PATLY, pat lè. ad. Commodiously, fitly. PATRIARCH, på'trè-årk. s. 534, 353. One who governs by paternal right, the father and ruler of a family; a bishop superiour to archbishops. Belonging PATRIARCHAL, på-trè-ar'kâl. a. to patriarchs, such as was possessed or enjoyed by patriarchs; belonging to hierarchical patriarchs. PATRIARCHATE, på-trè-årkåt. 91. PATRIARCHSHIP, pa trẻ ảnh ship. bishoprick superioar to archbisi.opricks. PATRIARCHY, pa'tré-ar-ke. s. 505. Jurisdic tion of a patriarch; patriarchate. PATRICIAN, på-trish'an. a. Senatorial, noble, Hot plebeian.

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PATRICIAN, på-trish'un. s. A nobleman among
the Romans.

PATRIMONIAL, pât-trẻ-mo'né-âl. a. Possessed
by inheritance."
PATRIMONY, pât trè-mân-nè.

ssessed by inheritance.
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An estate

One whose

PATRIOT, på'trè-at. s. 505, 534.
ruling passion is the love of his country.
PATRIOTISM, på'trè-út-izm. s. 166.
one's country, zeal for one's country
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Love of

noun and verb, the accent on the last syllable,
All our orthoepists give this word, both as
except Mr. Nares, who wishes to reduce it to
the accentual distinction so often observed.
492. Johnson's folio edition has the accent of
both words on the first, but the quarto accents
both on the last; and this accentuation, it is
certain, is the most received among the polite
world.

in a camp or garrison.
To PATROL, pâ-tròle'. v. n.
PATRON, på trån s. 166.

To go the rounds

One who counte-
nances, supports, or protects; a guardian saint:
advocate, defender, vindicator; one who has
donation of ecclesiastical preferment.
protection; guardianship of saints; donation
PATRONAGE, pât'trån-idje. s. 90. Support.
of a benefice, right of conferring a benefice.

and that of patron long, is owing to the shorten-
That the first syllable of this word is short,
ing power of the antepenultimate accent. 503
Protecting, sup-
porting, guarding, defending.
PATRONAL, pât'ro-nál. a.

This word, like Matronal, has a diversity of
pronunciation in our Dictionaries, which shows
the necessity of recurring to principles in order
to fix its true sound. Buchanan places the ac
cent on the first syllable; but whether he makes
the a long or short cannot be known. Dr. Ash
places the accent on the same syllable; and
though he makes the a in Matronal short,
yet he makes the same letter in this word long,
as in Patron. Barclay and Fenning lay the
stress upon the first of Matronal, and on the
second of Patronal: Perry and Entick place the
accent on the first of both these words, birt
make the a in Matronal long, and the same le
ter in Patronal short. Bailey accents the second
syllable of this word..

fends, countenances, or supports; a female
PATRONESS, på'trân-ês. s. A female that de
guardian saint.

the antepenultimate accent in Patronage, Patron-
I am well aware of the shortening power of
ise, &c. but cannot, as Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott,
W. Johnston, Dr. Kenrick, and Mr. Perry, have
done, allow it that power in Patroness, because
the feminine termination ess is as much a sub-
junctive of our own as the participial termina-
tions ing or ed, or the plural number, and there-
fore never ought to alter the accent or quan-
tity of the original word.-Sce Principles, No
386, 499.

To PATRONISE, påt trò-nize. v. a. 503. To pro
tect, to support, to defend, to countenance.
Expressing the name of the father or ancestor
PATRONYMICK, pât-tro-nim'mik. s. 509, 530
PATTEN, of a Pillar, pât'tin. s. 99. Its base.
iron ring, worn under the common shoe by wo-
PATTEN, påtuin. s. 99. A shoe of wood with an

men.

PATTENMAKER, pât'tîn-må-kûr. s. He that makes pattens.

To PATTER, pât'tår. v. n. 98. To make a noise like the quick steps of many feet, or like the beating of hail.

to imitation, the archetype, that which is to be
PATTERN, påt turn. s. The original proposed
copied; a specimen, part shown as a sample of
the rest; an instance, an example; any thing
cut out in paper to direct the cutting of cloth.
PAUCILOQUY, påw-sil'ò-kwè. s. 518. A short
speech, speaking little.
PAUCITY, paw'sc-tè. s. Fewness, smallness of
number; smallness of quantity.

To PAVE, pave. v. a. To lay with brick or stone,
to floor with stone; to inake a passage easy.
Jaid on the ground, stone floor.
PAVEMENT, pavement. s. Stones or bricks

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PAVER, på vår. 99.

F 559. Fate, far, fall, fat :—mẻ, mỏi pine, pin;

PAVIER, pave'yår. 113.

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PEACEABLY, pèse'â-ble. ad. Without war, without tumult without disturbance.

with stones. This word is more frequently, PEACEFUL, pèse'fàl. a. Quiet, not in war; but, perhaps, less properly, written Paviour. pacifick, mild; undisturbed, still, secure. PAVILION. på-vil'ydn, s. 113. A tent, a tempo-PEACEFULLY, pèse ful-lè. ad. Quietly, with

rary or moveable house.

To PAVILION, på-vil'yan. v. a. To furnish with tents; to be sheltered by a tent. PAUNCH, pånsh. s. 214. The belly, the region of the guts.

To pierce or rip the

To PAUNCH, pansh. v. a.
belly, to exenterate.
PAUPER, påw'pår. s. 90. A poor person.
PAUSE, pawz. 8. 213. A stop, a place or time
of intermission; suspense, doubt; break, para-
gph, apparent separation of the parts of a
durse; place of suspending the voice mark-
ed writing; a stop or intermission in mu-
sick.

To PAI SE, płwz. v. n. 213. To wait, to stop,||
not to proceed, to forbear for a time; to de-
liberate; to be intermitted.

PAUSER, påw zår. s. 93. He who pauses, he who deliberates.

PAW, påw. s. 219. The foot of a beast of prey hand, ludicrously.

Having paws; broad

To PAW, påw. v. n. To draw the fore foot along the ground, a mark of impatience in a horse. To PAW, påw. v. a. To strike with the fore foot; to handle roughly." PAWED, påw'd. a. 359. footed." To PAWN, pawn. v. a. pledge. PAWN, påwn. s. Something given in pledge as a security for money borrowed or a promise made; the state of being pledged; a common man at chess.

To pledge, to give in

PAWNBROKER, påwn'brd-kår. s. One who lends money upon pledge.

To PAY, pa v. a. 220. To discharge a debt; to dismiss one to whom any thing is due with his money; to atone, to make amends by suffering; to beat; to reward, to recompense; to give the equivalent for any thing bought. PAY, på. s. Wages, hire, money given in return for service.

PAYABLE, på'a-bl. a. 405. Due, to be paid; such as there is power to pay. PAYDAY, på'dà. s. Day on which debts are to be discharged or wages paid. PAYER, på år. s. 98. One that pays. PAYMASTER, på'mås-tar. s. One who is to pay, one from whom wages or reward is received.

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PAYMENT, på'ment. s. The act of paying; the discharge of debt or promise; a reward; chastisement, sound beating. PEA, pè. s. 227. A well known kind of pulse. When the plural of this word signifies merely number, it is formed by adding s, as, They are as like as two peas." When quantity is implied e is added to s, as, "A bushel of pense." The pronunciation, in both cases, is exactly the same; that is, as if written peze. PEACE, pèse. s. 227. Respite from war; quiet from suits or disturbances; rest from any commotion; reconciliation of differences; a state not hostile; rest, freedom from terrour, heavenly rest; silence, suppression of the thoughts.

PEACE, pèse. interject. A word commanding silence.

PEACE-OFFERING, pèse-of'for-ing. s. Among the Jews, a sacrifice or gift offered to God for atonement and reconciliation for a crime or offence.

PEACEABLE, pèse'â-bl. a. 405. Free from war, free from tumult; quiet, undisturbed; not|| quarrelsome, not turbulent. PEACEABLENESS, pèse'a-bl-nds a Quietness, dis position to prace

out disturbance; mildly, gently. PEACEFULNESS, pèseful-nês. s. Quiet, freedom from disturbance.

PEACEMAKER, pèse'må-kûr. s. One who reconciles differences.

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PEACEPARTED, pèse'pår-têd. a. Dismissed from the world in peace.

PEACH, petsh. s. 227. A fruit-tree; the fruit.
To PEACH, petsh. v. n. 352. Corrupted from
Impeach; to accuse of some crime.
PEACH-COLOURED, petsh'kul-lär'd. a. Of a
colour like a peach.

PEACHICK, pe'tshik. s. The chicken of a peacock.

PEACOCK, pè'kôk. s. A fowl eminent for the beauty of his feathers, and particularly of his tai! The female of a pen

PEAHEN, pè'hen, s. cock. See MANKIND. PEAK, pèke. s. The top of the hill or eminence; any thing acuminated; the rising forepart of a headdress.

To PEAK, pèke. v. n. To look sickly. PEAL, pèle. s. 227. A succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon.

To PEAL, pèle. v. n. To play solemnly and loud. To PEAL, pèle. v. a. To assail with noise. PEAR, pare. s. 73, 240. The naine of a well. known fruit-tree; the fruit.

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PEARL, pêrl. s. 23. A gem generated in the body of a testaceous fish; a speck on the eye.

PEARLED, perl'd. a. 359. Adorned or set with pearls.

PEARLEYED, peri'de. a. the eye.

Having a speck in

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PEARLGRASS, përlgrás.
PEARLPLANT, përl plùnt.
PEARLWORT, perlwart.
PEARLY, perle. a. Abounding with pearls,
containing pearls, resembling pearls.
PEARMAIN, pare-mane'. s. An apple.
PEARTREE, pàre trèè. s. The tree that bears

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PEASANT, pêz'zint. s. 88, 234. A hind, one whose business is rural labour. PEASANTRY, pez'zânt-rè. s. Peasants, rusticks, country people PEASCOD, pès'kad. 515. PEASHELL, peshel. that coutains peas. PEASE, pèze. s. Food of pease. See Pea. PEAT, pete. s. A species of turf used for fire.. PEBBLE, pêb'b!, 405. s. A stone PEBBLESTONE, pëb ́bl-stòne.

distinct from flints, being not in lavers, but one homogeneous mass; a round hard stone, ra ther smooth on the surface; a sort of bastaró gem.

PEBBLE-CRYSTAL. pêb-bl-kris'tål. s. Crystal in form of nodures.

PEBBLED, peb bf'd, a. 359. Sprinkled or abounding with pebbles.

PEEBLY, pib'bič. a. Full of pebbles, PECCABILITY, pěk-ká-bil'è-te. s. State of be ing subject to sin.

PECCABLE, pêx kâ-bl. a. 405. Liable to sin. PECCADILLO, pěk-ká-dilló. s. A petty fault, a slight crime, à venial offence. PECCANCY, pők ́kån-sè. s. Bad quality. PECCANT, pék kánt. a. 88. Guilty, criminal. ill disposed, offensive to the body; wrong, deficient, unformal.

PECK, pêk. s. The fourth part of a buskel, proverbially, in low language, a great deal. To PECK, peks. v. a. To strike with the beak as a bird: to pick up food with the beak; to strike

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